String sonatas nos 1-3 / Rossini ; Solo quartets nos 1-2 / Hoffmeister. — Åkersberga, Sweden ...

Album description

1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.
BIS: BIS-2317.
Title from disc label.
Minna Pensola, violin I ; Antti Tikkanen, violin II/viola ; Tuomas Lehto, cello ; Niek de Groot, double bass.
Recorded at the Schumann Hall, Jakobstad (Pietarsaari), Finland, January-February 2017.
Performed on a double bass made by Domenico Montagnana, Venice 1747.
"The music on this hybrid SACD can be played back in stereo (CD and SACD) as well as in 5.0 surround sound (SACD)"--Insert.
Program notes and biographical notes on the performers, in English, German, and French (27 pages), inserted.
Contents: Sonata no. 1 in G major (11:35) / Gioachino Rossini -- Solo quartet no. 1 in D major / Franz Anton Hoffmeister (13:41) -- Sonata no. 2 in A major / Gioachino Rossini (11:52) -- Solo quartet no. 2 in D major / Franz Anton Hoffmeister (17:21) -- Sonata no. 3 in C major / Gioachino Rossini (12:50).

I. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Sonatas, violins (2), cello, double bass. No. 1.
II. Hoffmeister, Franz Anton, 1754-1812. Quartets, violin, viola, cello, double bass, no. 1, D major.
III. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Sonatas, violins (2), cello, double bass. No. 2.
IV. Hoffmeister, Franz Anton, 1754-1812. Quartets, violin, viola, cello, double bass, no. 2, D major.
V. Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Sonatas, violins (2), cello, double bass. No. 3.